Dress pattern marker



Sept. 7, 1948. c. scHAFFNER DRESSVPATTERN MARKER Filed June 11, 1946 Patented Sept. 7, 1 948 vUNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE DRESS PATTERN MARKER Claude Schaffner, New Haven, Conn.

Application June 11, 1946, Serial No. 676,022

(Cl. 1Z0-13) 11 Claims.- l

This invention relates to a marker to be employed with dress patterns, and more particularly with a pattern having piercings or openings therein through which the goods may be marked in some manner so that the user of the pattern may follow the marks in subsequent treatment of the goods, such yas making pleats or darts, or in other ways.

In the use of a dress pattern it is customary to apply the pattern itself to a double thickness of the material which is to be made up according to the pattern, and the pattern has openings through which the material may be marked. Thus, while it may not be difficult to mark the upper ply `or layer of material, it is difficult accurately to mark the lower layer opposite the openings in the pattern.

I contemplate -by the present invention the provision of a device which may be employed to mark both surfaces of the goods While the pattern is thereon, and which will be provided with aligned marking devices, such as crayons, for example, so that when the crayon on the upper surface of the goods registers with the opening in the pattern, a registering or aligned mark will be made upon the other face of the goods, so that both plies of the goods will be accurately and simultaneously marked while the pattern is secured thereto.

One object of my invention is to provide a new and improved marker for the marking of material according to the usual dress patterns.

A still further object of my invention is to provide ya device of the character described which may be economically made, so that it may be sold at a relatively low price, and which at the same time will serve accurately to mark both plies or layers of a piece of material according to the indications on e. dress pattern.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which may be very simple in operation, and easily manipulated by anyone using a dress pattern.

To these and other .ends the invention consists in the no-vel features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a top plan view of a dress pattern marker embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a View of the forward portion of the device similar to Fig. 2, but showing the marking crayons in closed position;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the crayon holders on line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

lTo illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention, I have shown a dress pattern marker comprising a supporting or handle member I0, to which are secured a pair of forwardly extending iarms Il yand l2. These arms are preferably made of resilient material, so that they will normally stand in a spaced or sprung apart position, but can readily, by-pressure thereon, be moved toward each other. In order to space the arms apart at their free ends, the upper arm is of Z-shaped formation, being provided with an offset I 3, so that the free end I4 will stand in a position which is spaced from the free end I5 of the lower arm a greater amount than the ends of the. arms adjacent the member I0 to which they are secured.

Upon each of the arms is secured a crayon V holder, as shown more especially in Fig. 5, the holders being secured to the opposing surfaces of the arm, so that, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the holder is secured to the lower face of the upper arm, and the upper face Vof the lower arm.

Each of these crayon holders comprises a` disk-like base portion I6 to which is secured ay substantially cylindrical socket Il, this socket, as sho-wn in Fig. 6, being provided with a struckin tongue or rib i8, leaving a slot l 9 in the socket. The base I6 is rotatably mounted upon the arm by means of the rivet -or pivot pin 20, so that rotation of the base portion also rotates tire socket.

A short piece of crayon 2| is adapted to beA inserted in each of the sockets il, and will be retained therein owing to the resilience ofthe sockets due to the slot I9. Also, as noted in Fig. 6, the rib i8 will bite into the "crayon and hold the latter non-rotatably in thevsocket, so that, when the disk i6 and socket Il secured thereto are rotated, the crayon will also be rotated.

Means are provided for rotating the disks and sockets, 'and this means is so arranged that the crayons will be rotated in opposite directions, thus serving to hold the material being marked stationary so that the crayons will rotate upon the goods and leave -a clear, well-defined mark. As shown in the drawings, a lever or walking beam 23 is pivoted at 24 to the upper arm I2, and one end of this lever is connected by a link 25 to the upper disk i6, the link being pivoted to the disk at 26 and also pivoted at 27 to the arm 23. It will also be noted that this link is provided with` an offset portion 28 which generally follows the outline of the portion i3 of the arm I2.

A link 29 is pivoted at 3Q to a downwardly oiset portion 3i (Fig. 3) of the lever 23. The other end of this link 29 is pivoted at 32 to the lower disk I8. As shown in Fig. l, the pivot points 26 and 32 of the links 25 and 2S with the disks are on the same side of the pivots of th-e disks with the arms.k Itwill also be noted that, as the lever 23 is pivoted intermediate its length, its ends will move in opposite directions. This arrangement, when the link 23 is moved, will cause the upper disk le to rotate in one directionv about its center 2li, while the lower disk will rotate in the other direction as one of the links,k

moves toward the free ends of the arms Il and l2, and the other arm moves in the opposite direc-- tion. Thus the crayons will be rotated in ,topposite directions and will serve to leave a well-defined mark upon each face of the two-ply mateterial between the crayons.

To move the lever 23, and thereby rotate the crayon holders, I have provided a knob 33 having a. stem 34 the lower end of which is rabbeted at 35 to receive the lever 23, so that this knob is non-rotatably connected to the lever. It may be held on the lever by the pivot pin or bolt 24, which pivots the lever to the arm l2. The upper disk I6 may be cut away at 36 to enable the user to see the crayon more readily, and thus f effect its registration with the opening in the pattern.

The operation of my device is as follows: As stated, the arms l2 and i4 are resilient, being made of light sheet metal or similar material, :j

and will normally stand in the position shown in Fig. 2, in which the upper and lower crayons 2| are separated from each other. The material to be marked, with the pattern secured thereto, may be placed inthe space between the crayons, and the upper crayon aligned with an opening in the pattern. Slight pressure on the free end I4 of the upper arm will bring the crayons together, as shown in Fig. 4. With the goods between them, one crayon will then be in contact with each face of the goods, the contact of the upper crayon being made through the opening in the pattern. With the operator exerting slight pressure downwardly on the free end I4 of the upper arm, the knob 33 is rotated, thus rotating the crayon holders and crayons in opposite directions, causing the crayons to leave a deposit upon each face of the goods and make welldened marks thereon. The operation is, of course, repeated at each opening in the pattern through which a. mark is to be made.

While I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that it is not to be limited to all of the details shown, but is capable of modification and variation within the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the claims.

What I claim is:

l. A dress pattern marker comprising means for supporting a pair of crayon holders in opposed aligned relation, and means for rotatably mounting said holders on said supporting means.

2. A dress pattern marker comprising means for supporting a pair of crayon holders in opposed aligned relation, means for rotatably mounting said holders on said supporting means, and means for simultaneously rotating said holders.

3. A dress pattern marker comprising means for supporting a pair of crayon holders in opposed aligned relation, means for rotatably mounting said holders on said supporting means, and means for simultaneously rotating said holders in opposite directions.

4. A dress pattern marker comprising a pair of spaced arms, crayon holders mounted on the opposing sides of said arms to support crayons with their free ends in opposed relation, and one of said holders being movable toward the other to bring said crayons in contact with opposite surfaces of material placed therebetween, said holders being rotatably mounted on said arms.

5. A dress pattern marker comprising a pair of spaced arms, crayon holders mounted on the opposing sides of said arms to support crayons with their free ends in opposed relation, one of said holders being movable toward the other to y bringsaid crayons in contact with opposite surfaces of material placed therebetween, said holders being rotatably mounted on said arms, and means for rotating said holders.

6. A dress pattern marker comprising a hair of spaced arms, crayon holders mounted on the opposing sides of said arms to support crayons with their free ends in opposed relation, one of said holders being movable toward the other to bring said crayons in contact with opposite surfaces of material placed therebetween, said holders beling rotatably mounted on said arms, and means for rotating said holders in opposite directions.

*'7. A dress pattern marker comprising a pair of flexible arm members secured in spaced relation at one end thereof and extending from said point of securement in superposed position, a crayon holder rotatably mounted on the free end of each arm, the holder of one arm projecting toward and being in substantial alignment with the holder on the opposing arm, and said holder comprising a socket to receive the base of a crayon.

8. A dress pattern marker comprisingv a pair of flexible arm members secured in spaced relation at'one end thereof and extending from said point of securement in superposed position, a crayon holder rotatably mounted on the vfree end of each arm, the holder ofv one arm projecting.v

toward and being in substantial alignment with the holder on the opposing arm, and means for rotating said holders simultaneously in opposite directions.

9. A dress pattern marker comprising a pair of flexible arm members secured in spaced relation at one end .thereof and extending from said point of securement in superposed position, a crayon holder rotatably mounted on the free end of each arm, the holder of one arml projecting toward and being in substantial alignment with the holder on the opposing arm, and a single manually operable member for rotating said holders simultaneously in opposite directions.

10. A dress pattern marker comprising a pair of eXible arm members secured in spaced relation at one end thereof and extending from said point of securement in superposed position, a.

crayon holder rotatably mounted on the free end of each arm, the holder of one arm projecting toward and being in substantial alignmentwith the holder on the opposing arm, a lever pivoted to one of said arms, and means connecting said lever to said holders to rotate the latter in..

opposite directions upon movement of the lever. l1. A dress pattern marker comprising a pair of ilexible arm members secured in spaced relation at one end thereof and extending from said,

point of securement in superposed position, a

crayon holder rotatably mounted on the'free endy 6 of each arm, the holder of one arm projecting to- REFERENCES CITED ward and being in substantial alignment with the holder on the opposing arm, and means for l'hf cggvgrerens are of record m the rotating said holders simultaneously in opposite directions, said sockets being provided with 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS means to engage the crayons to prevent relative Number Name Date rotation between the sockets and crayons. 127,835 Bean June 11, 1872 7, 2 H 1 A 25, 19 3 CLAUDE SCHAFFNER. 73 lo o t ug 0 1,368,443 Lackner Feb. 15, 1921 

